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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_002_001_473">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
inch, mvinch, mvwinch, winch
- input a single-byte character and rendition from a window
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_474">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
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#include &lt;<a href="curses.h.html">curses.h</a>&gt;

chtype inch(void);

chtype mvinch(int <i>y</i>, int <i>x</i>);

chtype mvwinch(WINDOW *<i>win</i>, int <i>y</i>, int <i>x</i>);

chtype winch(WINDOW *<i>win</i>);
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_475">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
These functions return the character and rendition, of type <i>chtype</i>, at
the current or specified position in the current or specified window.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_476">&nbsp;</a>RETURN VALUE</h4><blockquote>
Upon successful completion, the functions return the specified character and
rendition.  Otherwise, they return (<b>chtype</b>)ERR.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_477">&nbsp;</a>ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
No errors are defined.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_478">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
These functions are only guaranteed to operate reliably on character sets in
which each character fits into a single byte, whose attributes can be
expressed using only constants with the A_ prefix.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_479">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="curses.h.html">&lt;curses.h&gt;</a></i>.
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